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Who won ladies figure skating at 1998 winter Olympics?
Tara Lipinski. She is still the youngest woman ever to have won the Olympic gold medal in figure skating, at age fifteen.
Did Dick London win a gold medal in 1964 for the pairs' figure skating?
No Dick London appears to have ever been recorded as winning any medal in any Olympics figure skating event. There is, however, a Dick Button who won a gold medal in both the 1948 and 1952 Olympics for the men's singles figure skating.
What is one rule of figure skating?
1 rule of figure skating is you cannot do any flips what so ever.
Has dancing ever been in the Olympics?
It is not considered an athletic sport. do you see score cards in newspapers- Roseland versus Waldorf-Astoria? On the other hand Ice Dancing, which is a sub-species of figure skating does figure in the winter Olympiads!
When did the Olympics figure skating begin?
The special figures contest was won by Russian Nikolai Panin, who gave his country its first ever Olympic gold medal. He remains the event's sole winner, as it was subsequently dropped from the program. Ice dance joined as a medal sport in 1976, after appearing as a demonstration event at Grenoble 1968.
is figure skating played today?
in figure skating you have skates you do spins spirals and jumps on ice and get points for it when you do a fault you dont get many points who ever has the most points from the judges wins quite simple
How many times have the Olympics been held in South America?
The Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 2016 will be the first ever Olympics held in South America.
Is Figure skating a sport?
Figure skating has better skating skill than hockey. However, hockey is a team sport and game, and figure skating is an "art" and to learn it, you pretty much have to go through the rigors you'd do in learning any other art. It's actually very similar to lots of martial arts, the skill sets needed. Hockey, though, is a fun game, like soccer, and different skills are needed for that game, like stick handling, ability to work on a team, etc, that figure skating wouldn't require. One thing, though, that people don't realize, in a race, equivalent level figure skater and hockey player, the figure skater will usually win against the hockey player, the better technique from figure skating would make a better hockey player for sure, just both sides usually never want to try each other's sport.
Have the Olympics ever been hosted in Latin America?
Not yet but it will be in 2016.
Has anyone ever played in both winter and summer Olympics?
Clara Hughes of Canada won 2 bronze medals in cycling at the 1996 summer Olympics in Atlanta and then won a bronze medal in speed skating at the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympics.
Did North America ever host an olympic game?
no ,not yet ;North America hasn't hosted Olympics till now
What are the chances of the Canadian speed skating team winning in the 2010 Olympics?
We have some of the world best skaters, and therefore we have a great chance.. but learning from history we have no chance, because no Canadian has ever won a gold metal in the Olympics on home soil.
